KIRIWINA

Meaning of KIRIWINA in English

ˌkērēˈvēnə noun

( plural kiriwina or kiriwinas )

Usage: usually capitalized

: an Austronesian language of the Trobriand islands

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

KIRIWINA ISLANDS — also called Trobriand Islands, coral formations in the Solomon Sea of the southwestern Pacific, Papua New Guinea, 90 miles (145 …
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TROBRIANDER — Any of the Melanesian people of the Kiriwina ( Trobriand ) Islands, lying off eastern New Guinea. Their subsistence is …
Английский словарь Британика
TROBRIAND ISLANDS — or Kiriwina Islands Group of small coral islands, Solomon Sea, South Pacific Ocean, Papua New Guinea . The islands are …
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ISLAND — I Any area of land smaller than a continent and entirely surrounded by water. Islands may occur in oceans, seas, …
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TROBRIANDER — any of the Melanesian people of the Kiriwina (Trobriand) Islands, lying off eastern New Guinea. Subsistence is based on yams …
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TROBRIAND ISLANDS — (South Pacific): see Kiriwina Islands.
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MELANESIA — one of the traditional ethnogeographic groupings of the Pacific Islands, including (generally from west to east) the island of New …
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ISLAND — n. Holy Island Sandalwood Island Alcatraz Island Alexander Island Anticosti Island Baffin Island Banks Island Bathurst Island Block Island Cape …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TROBRIANDER — Any of the Melanesian people of the Kiriwina ( Trobriand ) Islands, lying off eastern New Guinea. Their subsistence is …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TROBRIAND ISLANDS — or Kiriwina Islands Group of small coral islands, Solomon Sea, South Pacific Ocean, Papua New Guinea . The islands are …
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LANGUAGE — Synonyms and related words : Abnaki, Afghan, Afghani, Afrikaans, Afro-Asiatic, Ainu, Akan, Akkadian, Albanian, Aleut, Algonquian, Algonquin, Amharic, Anatolian, Anatolic, …
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ENGLISH — Synonyms and related words : Abnaki, Afghan, Afghani, Afrikaans, Ainu, Akan, Akkadian, Albanian, Aleut, Algonquin, Amharic, Andaman, Annamese, Anzanite, Apache, …
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Webster's New International English Dictionary

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